THE DUST HAS FINALLY SETTLED

Jonathan Evans

Now that the lengthy Awards testing and announcing is done for another year, the path is clearer for us on What Hi-Fi? to reassess the state of play in some of our most popular categories. New products will upset the apple cart quite often – but plenty of older equipment still merits a place at the top table. To that end, then, in this issue, we look at a couple of extremely competitive categories in hi-fi. First up, our budget stereo amplifier Group Test (p32) sees the new Rotel A8 take on established brilliance from Marantz, Cambridge Audio and Rega. As for step-up turntables (p52), Rega has shaken things up this year with its new Nd3 cartridge, which transforms some already superb decks; but there are others out there that…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2025

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